https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:49:02 +0000 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 07:11:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=373 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=49244&title=beach-baby-first-class#49244 Author: KentT
Subject: 373
Posted: 27 April 2018 at 7:11am

Only stock copies with the short edit were the mono side
of the promo. Never seen a Stereo stock copy variant of
the 4 copies I've owned, whether long or short, all mono. ]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2018 07:11:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=49244&title=beach-baby-first-class#49244 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=49183&title=beach-baby-first-class#49183 Author: TomDiehl1
Subject: 373
Posted: 11 April 2018 at 7:02pm

Has anyone come across a stock copy of
this that plays the short dj edit, in
stereo?]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2018 19:02:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=49183&title=beach-baby-first-class#49183 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=47122&title=beach-baby-first-class#47122 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 373
Posted: 07 March 2017 at 11:16pm

I don't have the long 45, but do have The First Class LP (UK 53109), where the listed time on the label and the promo sheet taped to the back cover, under the shrink wrap, is 5:17. Actual time is 5:15.

The LP version fades in with a simulation of someone tuning a radio, then a short, transistor radio-quality snippet of the hook fades in ("Beach Baby, Beach Baby, there on the sand") and then fades out as a deejay says, "This is the summer sound of First Class and the record of 'Beach Baby,' yeah, man." The tuning sound - audible through the entire proceedings - continues for another 2.5 seconds, then the first drumbeat begins abruptly, at the point where the version on the HAND CD begins at full volume.

The LP version ends with the deejay patter during the fadeout, just as it does on the HAND CD. ]]> Tue, 07 Mar 2017 23:16:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=47122&title=beach-baby-first-class#47122 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=47109&title=beach-baby-first-class#47109 Author: sriv94
Subject: 373
Posted: 07 March 2017 at 5:04pm

I don't, but Discogs has a picture of the LP showing a (5:12) run time.


Edited by sriv94]]> Tue, 07 Mar 2017 17:04:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=47109&title=beach-baby-first-class#47109 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=47104&title=beach-baby-first-class#47104 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 373
Posted: 07 March 2017 at 1:56pm

Good question. Anyone have the LP?]]> Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:56:10 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=47104&title=beach-baby-first-class#47104 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=47102&title=beach-baby-first-class#47102 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 373
Posted: 07 March 2017 at 1:40pm

How does the long 45 version differ from the LP version? Or is there any?]]> Tue, 07 Mar 2017 13:40:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=47102&title=beach-baby-first-class#47102 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=47094&title=beach-baby-first-class#47094 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 373
Posted: 05 March 2017 at 9:53pm

The long 45 runs 4:54. The short 45 runs 3:07. Both fade in with an organ, then four bass drum hits. Most CD versions omit the organ fade-in, and start on the first bass drum hit.

Short 45 version (3:07)

You have exactly one choice for the short 45 version, and it gets it right: Varese Sarabande's Dick Bartley Presents Collector's Essentials The 70's (1996).

Long 45 version (4:54)

The version on Rhino's Have A Nice Day Vol. 13 (1990) sounds very nice, but it omits the organ fade-in and runs longer than the long 45 version. The same analog transfer is used on:

• Time-Life's AM Gold Vol. 21 1974 (1996) - digitally exactly 1 dB louder
• Realm's 3-CD Summertime Party Pack (2002)
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 31 AM Top Twenty (1993) - left and right channels swapped
• Time-Life's 2-CD Seventies Music Explosion One-Hit Wonders (2005) - differently-EQ'd digital clone of AM Top Twenty and so also has left and right channels swapped

I also have the song on two foreign CDs, both of which omit the organ fade-in and fade a little early compared to the Rhino disc:

• EMI Australia's 5-CD Pop Complete (1999)
• Disky UK's 8-CD Wow That Was The 70's (1999)

I reverse-engineered Aaron's recreation of the long 45 version, and I'll post instructions here. This is the first time I'm posting instructions that use pieces from two different CDs.

Segment 1
Ends on what would be the first downbeat after the intro
Extends from 0:00.0 to 0:05.3 of the long 45 version
Extends from 0:01.3 to 0:06.7 of Varese Sarabande's Dick Bartley Presents Collector's Essentials The 70's
Note that the fade-in on the Varese CD is longer than the long 45 fade-in, so we have to remove the first 1.3 seconds of the Varese CD and manually fade it in.

Lower the volume of Segment 1 by 3 dB.

Segment 2
Starts on the first downbeat after the intro
Extends from 0:05.3 to 4:52.9 of the long 45 version
Extends from 0:03.7 to 4:51.3 of Rhino's Have A Nice Day Vol. 13

Fade-in
Manually add a fade-in to the first 0.6 seconds of Segment 1.

Fade-out
Manually add a fade-out to the last 9.6 seconds of Segment 2.

If you don't add the fade-out, the Varese + Rhino pieces will extend 8 seconds longer than the long 45 version.]]> Sun, 05 Mar 2017 21:53:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=47094&title=beach-baby-first-class#47094 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=39718&title=beach-baby-first-class#39718 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 373
Posted: 17 November 2013 at 6:16pm

Add two more short DJ 45s to the growing pile:

Both of mine are Columbia Terre Haute pressings, but while the deadwax details are the same between the two, the labels are not. One copy has a record number typo on the stereo side (UK 49002) but the correct UK 49022 is shown on the mono side. The stereo and mono designations are just below the star on the right sides of the labels.

The other pressing has an altogether different prefix: 5N 49022 on both sides. The mono and stereo designations are to the left, just above the "promotion copy not for sale" wording.

Edited by Yah Shure]]> Sun, 17 Nov 2013 18:16:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=39718&title=beach-baby-first-class#39718 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=39716&title=beach-baby-first-class#39716 Author: jimct
Subject: 373
Posted: 17 November 2013 at 3:31pm

Pat Downey wrote: Has anyone seen a dj copy of this record that states a running time of (4:59)?

No, Pat. Both my copy and my own personal experiences match up with
Steve's (Hykker's) exactly.]]> Sun, 17 Nov 2013 15:31:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=39716&title=beach-baby-first-class#39716 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=39715&title=beach-baby-first-class#39715 Author: edtop40
Subject: 373
Posted: 17 November 2013 at 2:31pm

does anyone know what the edits or fade out is for the 3:08
dj version of the song?]]> Sun, 17 Nov 2013 14:31:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=373&PID=39715&title=beach-baby-first-class#39715